boom!

The shells came out of the chamber, as if they were slow, but in fact they were fast. They drew a beautiful arc in the air and accurately landed on the gathering Liao army. They caused chaos around the bounce point.

"Not bad." Han Zhong nodded reservedly.

This is the highest-level group among the four gun groups, and his performance is also the most satisfying to him.

Two minutes after the start of shooting, the uneven levels of the four gun groups were clearly reflected.

The best group has been launched to the third round, and each time it can accurately land at the Liao army's assembly position. It is so fast that Han Zhong is worried about whether the water cooling effect is enough. The worst group has not even been shot out.

The gun teams that can be selected by Wang Hou and assigned to Han Zhong are each excellent gun teams that are ranked among the top in the military for exercises, but the real level can still be seen on the real battlefield.

"The jade test will take three days to burn, and the material will be determined for seven years." Han Zhong sighed in front of the enemy's battle, "Lotte's words are very insightful."

Chen Liu didn't know who Letian was, but he could confirm from Han Zhong's trembling hands that he was pretending to be relieved, but in fact he was still nervous.

It was probably because the gathering of several Liao soldiers did not belong to each other. Maybe they had already coordinated combat command before, but after entering the battlefield, adjusting the offensive order still gave Han Zhong about five minutes.

During these five minutes, the Liao army did not immediately turn into the attack, but the front line was still advancing step by step, and its forward had already entered the charge distance.

At this time, the Song army's artillery began its first volley, and the commander of the Shenji Battalion, as the escort, also completed the contraction and array at the same time.

More than 500 infantrymen formed a hollow square formation at the fastest speed. More than 500 spears had already been inserted into the deck, and the guns were shining with cold light one by one.

Behind it is the train parked on the rails, and the square array actually has only three sides. The thin three-layer array plus the train encompasses a rectangular space.

Han Zhong had a deep understanding of the training courses of Shenji Camp and knew that this was a formation that restrained the cavalry. When the most elite Khitan cavalry attacked, they had to go around the square formation.

Only when the enemy is in a battle between the central army infantry and the two wings of the elite cavalry will be dispersed, a single square formation will suffer.

However, at that time, martial arts students who had taken the formation class would definitely change the array accordingly. The essence of the formation lies in changing accordingly, rather than standing firmly. The so-called formation diagram is the method of changing the array in which a formation copes with different combat situations.

Moreover, once the number of square formations increases, with artillery, it is still difficult to get old-fashioned infantry and cavalry collaborative combat.

According to the Infantry Tradition, if there are enough square formations, they can suck the enemy dry layer by layer like thick Shezhou paper.

But Han Zhong had only one commander in his hand and could only form a square formation. The remaining five or six hundred people were unseasonable road protection troops and road repairmen. If they could still hold swords and guns when the enemy attacked, they would not fall to the point of protecting roads. Their so-called experience in musket training is probably to practice a few urgently before the various bureaus meet in winter.

Five hundred people vs. Five thousand people. If only five hundred Shenji Camp soldiers can be sent to the battlefield, Han Zhong might as well admit defeat. If the railway soldiers are really useless, Han Zhong would not dare to take risks alone. If they cannot handle swords and guns, they can have a way to fight the enemy.

Of course it is not like "Liao has King Yu Yue, I have Duke Pan Ling, Liao has a skin-covered horse, I have a flying donkey cart, Liao has a mace, I have a Tianling Gai" such as the enemy.

There are many rumors in the capital. The story of losing to the Khitan again and again in the early years of the founding of the country was adapted into a joke, and the capital and countless scholars and officials intentionally or unintentionally led to such an adaptation.

Han Zhong was not tired of this. Demolition of the Zhao family's station will be beneficial to all families that were pressed by the Zhao family in Tianshui.

However, the reason why rumors can be circulated is that the current situation of the Song and Liao countries has reversed, which is in sharp contrast with the weaknesses in the past. If the two countries really want to go to war in full swing, the only one who needs to escape in a donkey cart is the Emperor of Liao.

In the story, in the past, the people of Hebei could only use the Tianling Gave to meet, but now they have become 'Liao has the Divine Fire Army, I have the Shenji Camp, Liao has the General, I have the Sixty Cannons, Liao has the Thousand-Mile Horse, I have the Hands and Grenades'.

It was precisely because he had brought enough hand grenades that Han Zhong dared to ask the commander of the Shenji Camp to cooperate with his railway soldiers, and ordered the commander of the Shenji Camp to set up the formation with the train as the backing.

"Recommendation." The commander came to Han Zhong again, and his attitude was still respectful. But there was a little more different than before.

A few minutes ago, when he just met the enemy, it was the commander who was trying hard to persuade Han Zhong to ask him to get on his horse and rush back to Shiqiao Fort immediately.

The speed of riding alone was enough to retreat to the solid fortress before the Liao army caught up.

Han Zhong said to him: "Commander Li, remember. Mr. Han's family will only have sons who died in battle, not captured sons, and not run away at the last minute." He said firmly at the time, "I, Han Zhong, would rather die than let my father be shamed."

Han Zhong is proud of being Han Gang's son and cannot tolerate anything to harm his father's reputation. The commander's attitude changed from this. He went back to promote troops to line up. Now he arranged the array and came over to follow him.

Han Zhong raised his hand and said, "Please tell me if you instruct me."

"The last formation has been laid out, please take it in and check it." The commander asked, "I heard that the gunshot technique is the best in the capital, please take it to help."

The commander spoke sincerely, as if he thought from the heart that Han Zhong could help.

"Where are the others?" Han Zhong looked back at the railway line.

The roof and carriage were all on the train, and hundreds of people gathered on the four-chair-long train, holding weapons, which seemed crowded, and the number of people was too large to affect the garrison. And the military formation standing against the car had plenty of space.

"I need someone to help guard the retreat." The commander immediately rejected Han Zhong's opinion.

He does need someone to help protect his back, but more importantly, he doesn't want to cause trouble.

Excluding the railway bureau, which had worrying combat power, there are only five hundred people who are truly capable of combat power. Apart from a commanding Shenji Camp infantry, the remaining ones are Han Zhong's guards.

Letting the layman enter the military formation will only add to chaos. At that time, the enemy will be able to beat a little bit, but after taking over the enemy, they will lose a little bit.

Compared with the two situations, it is better to leave the eliminated person in the car.

"Then I'd better stay in the car." Han Zhong said without any refusal, "I didn't leave you just now, and rode back to Shiqiao Fort. Now I won't abandon them either."

"Sixth brother, go and help."

Chen Liu hesitated for a moment and wanted to shake his head. His task was Han Zhong, not anything else, but Han Zhong's expression clearly told everyone that he did not intend to hear words of rejection.

Chen Liu nodded in the end and walked into the square with their rifled rifles with the other person.

Before getting into the car, Han Zhong looked back again, "They only have two quarters of an hour."

After a while, reinforcements will come.

Han Zhong believed in his identity, which was enough for Wang Hou to send his team to protect him and come to rescue him regardless of all losses.

After getting two new forces, the commander rushed back a few steps. When he walked into the square formation, he scolded the artillery outside the square formation, "Don't shoot in a flash! Point at the assembly point."

The commander did not ask for the early killing of the Liao people, but only wanted to delay more time. Wait for the reinforcements that Han Zhong said would arrive early.

The commander of the Shenji Camp has stricter requirements than the ordinary commander. The most important thing is that he must have combat experience. The richer his experience, the faster he will be promoted. The court hopes that the sharpest sharp blades of the court have had the experience of being carefully polished so that they can be competent for more important positions.

But not everyone has the ability to remain calm in front of the battle formation, and not everyone can show the level of daily training on the battlefield.

Fortunately, the commander Wang Hou assigned to Han Zhong has excellent command ability and is usually covered by other colleagues of similar level, but he can almost 100% reflect his training level during combat. Other officers who can do it can only be said to be rare among the huge border troops.

The Liao people seemed to have discussed the order of the match, and the intense sound of war drums sounded along with the horse's hooves.

It was like receiving a stimulating signal, and the square array commanded by the Shenji Camp was shrinking more and more closely.

But at this time, the two cavalry suddenly turned around, the front team turned into the back team, and the back team turned into the front team and left in the opposite direction, and their actions were like flowing, showing extremely high military literacy. The original rear guard and the current forward disappeared into the undulating hills in a blink of an eye.

Han Zhong was stunned for a second because of this change, and spent a few seconds thinking about the reason. Should he be prepared to hide and attack? Or did he return the uneven distribution of the spoils?

"Did you see it?" The commander's loud voice rang, "There must be an official army not far away."

The commander turned around and said loudly to the soldiers: "It was originally ten times ours, but now it is only five times."

This remark that could sweep away the morale of ordinary commanders did not affect the morale of the commanders.

The incident happened next to Han Zhong. He saw it very clearly that the commander soldier had full trust in their commander, and it was just like the children's trust in their parents, so that no matter what the commander said, he would automatically develop an optimistic explanation in his heart.

‘It’s six times!’ The gunner, who is not a commander, complained in his heart.

He stared at the cannon door nervously, and the sweat from his forehead was dripping down, but the gunner was unaware of it.

"Architecture, shoot it right!" As the commander shouted, the gunner who finally waited for the signal immediately inserted the burning iron chisel downwards, penetrated the fire outlet into the cannon chamber, and sank it into the gunpowder.
Chapter completed!